Nature in ornament; an enquiry into the natural element in ornamental design & a survey of the ornamental treatment of natural forms (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 233
series of such exercises conscientiously andthoroughly done, would be an education initself, and would in some degree fit one toconventionalise on his own account — all without the aid of a master. The already mentioned partiality of eachparticular period and country for a certainfew, usually… … 77. The vine in Assyrian sculpture—B.C. 705-626. The type of most universal occurrence inornament is probably the vine, symbol ofphilosophies as wide apart as the poles. Wefind it in the bas-reliefs of Nineveh, and thepainted decoration of Egypt; on Etruscanvases, and Greek and Roman altars;…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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